Photos record the history of Jilin city

Updated: August 31, 2021

Beishan Yaowang Temple, 1934 [Photo/jlcity.gov.cn]

Deshengmen, an old city gate in Jilin, 1928 [Photo/jlcity.gov.cn]

The Confucian Temple in Jilin city, 1932 [Photo/jlcity.gov.cn]

The police department of the Japanese puppet state known as Manchukuo, 1938 [Photo/jlcity.gov.cn]

The Beishan Temple Fair in 1940, full of people [Photo/jlcity.gov.cn]


Women in qipao, the traditional one-piece, body-hugging Chinese dress, do some shopping at the Beishan Niangniang Temple Fair, in 1935. [Photo/jlcity.gov.cn]

An aerial view of Jilin city in 1922 [Photo/jlcity.gov.cn]

Jilin Railway Station in 1912, the earliest in the city [Photo/jlcity.gov.cn]

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